云南省昆明市官渡区第二中学高中英语 Module1Unit4 Earthquakes学案 新人教版必修2(1).doc

module 1unit 4 earthquakeswarming up, pre-reading, reading & comprehendingi. preview（预习词汇）课前预习生词。要求：会读所有单词；会利用构词法（如词缀-ly, -ist,-tion, -en；合成法等）、联想法等学习掌握部分词汇。你的分类词表：-ly结尾的都是副词吗？ii. autonomous learning（自主学习）1. 阅读课文。你知道下列单词的意思了吗？6well nation suffering dampipecanalextremetrackburststeaminjure useless million event dirt destroyshock quake rescue trap electricity disaster burry mine miner shelter 2. 学习下列重点短语：1) 立刻;马上 right away2) 不重视；没有去考虑 think little of3) 似乎；好像 as if4) 结束；终结 at an end5) 三分之二two thirds 6) 严重受损；破败不堪 in ruins7) 成为孤儿 be left without parents8) 吹走；刮走 blow away9) 好几万 tens of thousands of 10) 五十万 half a million 11) 掘出；发现dig out12) 许多；大量的 a (great) number of13) 代替；而不是 instead of14) 摔倒；倒塌 fall down15) 陷入 be trapped in16) 在乡下；在农村in the countryside3. pre-readinglook at the pictures on page 25 and imagine what will happen before an earthquake.picture 1 bright light flashes in the sky.picture 2 chickens are flying, dogs are barking, pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.picture 3 mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide. fish jump out of their bowls and ponds.picture 4 the well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls.4. reading1) what do you think the title “a night the earth didnt sleep” means? “a night the earth didnt sleep” is a poetic way of saying that an earthquake happened.” 2) write down the main idea of each part.paragraph 1: before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one thought little of (paid attention to/took no notice of) them.paragraph 2: the earthquake destroyed the city of tangshan and shocked the people very much.paragraph 3: the people were very shocked at the destruction. (or: what the city looked like after the earthquake.)paragraph 4: rescue work. the army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.3) read the passage carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences. (ex. 1, page 27)1. the chickens didnt eat because2. the people didnt worry because3. such a great number of people died because4. water was needed because5. the people did not lose hope becausea. the army came to help them.b. the quake happened while they were sleeping.c. they were nervous.d. dams and wells were useless.e. they didnt know what the strange events meant.4) read the passage again and make a timeline.timeeventsfor three days1. water in the village wells rose and fell2. well walls developed deep cracks3. a smelly gas came out of the cracks4. mice ran out of the fields5. fish jumped out of their bowls and pondsabout 3:00 am on july 28, 19761. bright lights appeared in the sky2. the sound of planes could be heard although there were no planes3. some water pipes burstat 3:42 am on july 28, 19761. everything began to shake2. huge cracks appeared in the roads3. steam burst from holes in the ground4. rock turned into rivers of dirt5. 75% buildings and 90% o homes were gone6. more than 400,000 people killed or injured7. two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or not safe8. the railway tracks were uselessafternoon of july 28, 19761. a second quake almost as strong as the first one2. more damages to buildings and rescuerssoon after the quake1. the army arrived2. shelters built for survivors3. water supplies brought in5) consolidation: retell the text by filling in the missing wordsstrange things happened in tangshan. for a few days before the earthquake, water in the wells rose and fell. from the cracks of wells a smelly gas came out. mice, chickens, pigs and even fish became nervous. at 3:42 am, everything began to shake. it seemed as if the world was at an end. one third of the nation felt it. a huge crack cut across the city. the city lay in ruins. two-thirds of the people died or were injured. then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook tangshan. people began to wonder how long the disaster would last. but all hope was not lost. soldiers came to help those survivors. slowly, the city began to breathe.5. sentence patterns（重点句型）1) what do you think will happen before an earthquake?该句型是：“疑问词 + do you think/suppose/guess/believe + 陈述语序”对比以下两个句子：do you know where he lives?where do you think he lives?你认为谁拿走了我的雨伞？ who do you think has taken my umbrella?你想我们应该什么时候制定计划？ when do you think we should make our plan?2) in the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.翻译：农家大院了的鸡，甚至猪都紧张得不想吃食。此句中的句型：too + 形容词/副词 + to do sth. 意思是：“太不”。你能举个例子吗？i was too frightened to get close to the animal.3) it seemed as if the world was at an end. 翻译：时间似乎到了末日！ 该句句型：it seems/seemed as if 意思是：“似乎”“好像”。 你能举两个例子吗？ she was sitting there as if nothing had happened. 她坐在那儿，一副若无其事的样子。 they looked at me as if i was from another planet. 他们看着我，就像我来自别的星球似的。4) everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.翻译：人们无论朝哪里看，哪里的一切几乎都被毁了。该句中everywhere they looked 是状语从句，引导词是everywhere，意思是“无论哪里”、“不管哪里”，相当于wherever/no matter where；主句是nearly everything was destroyed。6. difficult sentences（难句理解）1) but the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.翻译：但是，唐山市的一百万市民几乎都没有把这些情况当一回事，当天晚上照常睡着了。划线的部分是定语从句，who指的是one million people。你能该句改成两个简单句吗？but the one million people of the city thought little of these events. so they were asleep as usual that night.2) it was felt in beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away.翻译：一百公里以外的北京市都感觉到了地震。该句中的which is more than two hundred kilometers away是定语从句，其中的引导词which指的是beijing。你能把它改成两个简单句吗？it was felt in beijing. beijing is more than two hundred kilometers away.请你翻译：我的家乡在两百公里之外。my hometown is two hundred kilometers away.3) a huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. 翻译：一条8公里长30米宽的巨大裂缝横穿房舍、马路和渠道。4) then, later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook tangshan.翻译：接着，在下午晚些时候，又一次和第一次一样的强烈的地震震撼着唐山。该句中的which was almost as strong as the first one是定语从句，其中which指的是quake；主句部分是another big quake shook tangshan。5) people began to wonder how long the disaster would last.翻译：人们开始纳闷，这场灾难还会持续多久。last在这里的意思是“持续；延续”。last还有那些意思？请你归纳。she was (the) last to arrive. 他是最后到(的人)。 （“最后的；最末的；末尾的”）last night/tuesday 昨晚/上星期二 “最近的；上一个的”this is our last bottle of water. 这是我们最后的一瓶水了。 （“仅剩下的；最终的”）he knew this was his last hope of winning. 他知道这是他获胜的最后机会。（仅剩下的；最终的”）he came last in the race. 这次赛跑他得了最后一名。（adv. 最终；终结）when did you see him last? 你最近什么时候见过他？（adv. 最新；最近；上一次）6) all hope was not lost. 翻译：不是所有的希望都破灭了。请比较以下两组句子的意思。all the students in our class are not from the south.not all the students in our class are from the south.none of the students in our class is/are from the south.both of my parents are not teachers.not both of my parents are teachers.neither of my parents is a teacher.7) the army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.翻译：部队人员组成小分队，将受困的人们挖出来，将死者掩埋。those who 为一句型，意思是“那些的人（们）”，who were trapped实际是一个定语从句。the dead意思是“死去的人”“死者”。“the + 形容词”可指“一类人”。你还能举出其它的例子吗？the poor/rich, the wounded/injured 等。8) workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.翻译：救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起来避难所。该句中whose homes had been destroyed是定语从句，引导词whose指的是survivors。请你把它改写成两个简单句：workers built shelters for survivors. the survivors homes had been destroyed.你能翻译下面的句子吗？lily就是那个她妈妈是英语老师的女生。lily is the girl whose mother is an english teacher.9) slowly, the city began to breathe again. 翻译：这座城市又出现了生机。iii. writinga请根据以下信息写一篇英语短文，简单描述一下1923年发生在日本的地震。1. 地震于1923年发生在日本横滨市(yokohama)；2. 当时人们正在睡觉，并不知道地震发生；3. 大量的房屋、建筑物倒塌，水电供应中断；4. 有140,000多人丧生，还有很多受伤者和无家可归者；5. 是历史上最严重的地震之一。要求：1. 短文必须包括要点中的所有内容；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使内容连贯；3. 词数：100左右。in 1923, a big earthquake hit the city of yokohama, a city in japan. it happened at night when most people were sleeping. when the earthquake happened, it seemed that the world was at an end. houses and tall buildings fell down. water and electricity were cut off. there were fires and smoke everywhere. in a few seconds the whole city was almost destroyed and lay in ruins. the number of people who were killed reached more than 140,000. besides, a large number of people were injured and lost their homes. it was one of the biggest eart